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single room occupancy

Syllables: sin·gle room oc·cu·pan·cyUK/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˌɹuːm ˈɒk.jə.pən.siː/US/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˌɹum ˈɔk.jə.pən.si/

single room occupancy noun: a kind of an apartment with one room and without a bathroom or a kitchen.

Noun

single room occupancy (plural single room occupancies, abbreviation SRO)

  1. (Canada, US) A kind of an apartment with one room and without a bathroom or a kitchen.

Forms of single room occupancy

pluralsingle room occupancies
abbreviationSRO
alternative formsingle-room occupancy

Questions about single room occupancy

What does single room occupancy mean?
Single room occupancy means a kind of an apartment with one room and without a bathroom or a kitchen.
What part of speech is single room occupancy?
Single room occupancy is a noun.
How do you pronounce single room occupancy?
Single room occupancy is pronounced /ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˌɹuːm ˈɒk.jə.pən.siː/ (UK).
What is the plural of single room occupancy?
The plural of single room occupancy is single room occupancies.

Words near single room occupancy in the dictionary

  1. single reed
  2. single reeds
  3. single responsibility principle
  4. single room
  5. single room occupancies
  6. single room occupancy
  7. single rooms
  8. single scull
  9. single sculls
  10. single shot
  11. single star system

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